Convertible carrier



May 4 1926.

H. DYKMAN CONVERTIBLE CARRIER Fil ed Sept. 20, 1922 A TT ORNE Y PatentedMay 4:, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,583,284 PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD DYKMAN, or EAST ORANGE, new JERSEY.

CONVERTIBLE CARRIER.

Application filed September 20, 1922. Serial No. 589,347.

formed into some plaything when ceasing, V

temporarily or otherwise, to be used for carrying purposes.

Primarily, the object of the invention is to produce an improved deviceof the class aforesaid embodying the combination of a handbag and-anarticle of amusement, which can be readily changed one into the otherthrough simple manipulation.

A secondary object is to provide a combination device of the naturementioned comprising an integral article, such for example as afull-membered doll wearing a garment, partsof which can be folded toform a carrying bag therefor of appropriate configuration.

A third object is the production of a combined article and carrier ofthe type set forth admitting of joint dilation, whereby an extensibledoll, for instance, may be drawn out of a bag and the lattercorrespondingly ex panded to constitute a suitable dress for the same.

A fourth object is the provision in a combined article and carrier ofthe character disclosed, of means enabling the doll or other thing to becontracted into a small compass, and the dress or covering thereofgathered over it in folds of proportionate reduction.

A special aim of the invention is to supply a combined carrier andarticle of-the kind referred to, especially distinguishedby itsattractive appearance and. capability of affording wholesome amusement,as well as by the simplicity of its structural organization and moderatecost of production.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will in part be obvious,and in part be more fully brought out in the detailed descriptionhereinafter contained.

The invention consists in the various com; binations or sub combinationsof elements, arrangement and interrelative disposition of parts, andpeculiar features of construction pertaining re the impress, device, as"

herein described, and defined in the appended claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawinghereto annexe-d, wherein Figure I is a full face view of a'dressed dollof the: extensible type, apparently devoid of means for carrying thesame, part of the doll and its h-abilimen-t being sectioned to show theinterior construction;

Fig. II is a similar view, mostly insection, illustrating the manner inwhich certain portions of the doll and accoutrement thereof arecontracted preparatorily to converting the entire article into acarrier; and.

Fig. III is a perspective View of a handbag produced by a completeinversion of the dolls attire, drawn over the head of the doll so as toconceal it completely.

Correspondingnumerals refer to like parts in the several views.

Briefly outlined, the invention as it exists in the embodiment thereofherein exemplified comprises a doll having a hollow body, with neck,head, face, shoulders, and arms of conventionalforms' and proportions.Flexibly attached to the lower part of the body are nether limbs, whichmay be either depending therefrom or inserted into its interior,according as towhether the doll is used in full lengthfor play, or elsecontracted for purposes of transportation. The means of attachmentprovided for the limbs consist of bloomers or kn-ickerbockers that comedown over the knees and hold the pedal appendagesv properly suspended.Surrounding these is an under garment furnished with a drawstring atits'lo-wer edge and arranged to close upon the feet of the doll andtheir attaching means, when pushed inside the body. The latter'may beclad in any desired style, pursuant to fashion. In accordance with theinvention, however, the. skirt of the do-lls dress and its associatedparts are adapted for inversion from the perimeter of theclosedundergarment and thence reach above the head of the doll, whichthey com pletely envelop as if it were enclosed in a separate handbagmade specially {for this purpose. Drawstrings encased-in'a hem of one ofthe'main garments are used to close and-hold them over the (101118 head,in their inverted. and folded condition.

,Obviously, the greatestbenefit will be de. rived from the inventi' byusing-it its entirety after the rnanner'hereiiiahove as pressed,although it may be noted that an operative device of acceptable designmay be produced by employing a less number of parts, withcorrespondingly diminished advantages. Further, it will be observed. byexperts familiar with. inventions of analogous lmport that the combinedcarrier and article herein disclosed is susceptible of variedmodifications having the same end in view. Therefore, let it beunderstood that the annexed drawing is offered by way of example only,and is not put forth as representing the sole means of reducing theinvention to practice.

As illustrated in the said drawing, the combination device constitutingthe present embodiment of the invention includes an article ofamusement, which may be of any desired type and design, but preferablyconsists of a dressed doll, designated as a whole by the referenceletter A, in Figures I and II. This doll has a hollow body or torso 11,associated in any approved manner with a neck 12, and a head 13. Thelatter may be given an infantile facial expression, and likewisesupplied with dressed hair simulat ing that of a child, as indicated at14c and 15, respectively. However, it will be understood that theinvention is not concerned in the matter of physiognomy, and leaves itto the maker or buyer of the doll to determine whether it shouldsymbolize some particular age, race and color, or any human being, or alower animal instead. If a childish visage is allotted to the doll, asin the example shown, the body 11 thereof naturally will be supplementedon opposite sides with appropriately diminutive arms, as 16, 17 and tinyhands 18, 19.

From the lower portion ofthe dolls body are suspended its nether limbs,preferably by flexible connections, after the manner rcp iesented inFig. I. As shown, hese limbs need be composed only of a pair of pedalextremities, as 21, 22, depending from tibiae 23, 24:, the upper ends ofwhich are adapted to engage tubular members 25, 26, of some bifurcatedvestment, such for instance as bloomers or knickerbockers. The limbs maybe covered partly or wholly with fancy hosiery and shoes of theprevailing styles, as suggested at 27 and 28, respectively. The

vestment 25, 26 is made of silk or other suit I able fabric ofsufficient firmness and pliability to afford a shapely means ofsuspension for the limbs, and at the same time enable them to be pushedupwardly for their entire length inside the body 11. This feature of theinvention is illustrated in Fig. II, 'where the said limbs appear ashaving been retracted wholly within the body of the doll,

/ which latter is thereby contracted approxi- .mately one-half'in its,longitudina dimension. The tubular members 25, 26 aytzorementioned maythen be converted ino inner shields or recesses for the limbs, in whichcase they must be turned inside out to regain their former positions.These members can also be pushed back into the hollow portion of thebody 11 in a merely folded or collapsed condition.

A closure is provided at the lower end of the hollow body 11, in orderto prevent the retracted limbs of the doll from working loose andsliding out of their resting place, with the enveloping bifurcations ofthe vestment above described. This is conveniently effected with the aidof an under garment 31, which encircles the open portion of the body andhangs loose for a certain distance therefrom, reaching down about midwayaround and by the sides of the suspending members 25., 26, whenoutwardly extended, as they are shown in Fig. I. A hem 32 is stitched atthe lower edge of the garment, and a case 33 formed therein, throughwhich is passed a draw-string 34-. By pulling the latter, the said loweredge and hemthereof are drawn centrally inward; the cloth composing theunder garment is gathered over the pedal extremities 21, 22; and theopen end of the body 11 becomes closed, all as indicated in Fig. IT, andalso at the bottom of Fig. 111, to which further reference willpresently be made. A bow-knot 35 is tied in the drawstring where itemerges from the case 33, after effecting the closure, as indicated inthe view last named.

The dolls dress. previously referred to herein, may be indefinitelyvaried as regards material, cut, shape, style, finish, andornamentation, according to the wishes and intent of either the vendoror the purchaser, as will be understood. For the purposes of thisspecification, however, it is suflicient to say that the dress mayinclude a waist 37, covering the body or torso 11, and a skirt 38,extending therefrom down below the before mentioned limbsin theirextended position, the skirt being supplemented, if desired, with aninner lining or petticoat 39. Both the, skirt and its lining orpetticoat are preferably loose, as represented in Figs. I and TI. Theyare also of sufficient width and length to admit of being drawn up clearover the head of the doll, in such a way as to enclose the lattercompletely= Assuming that the doll s limbs have been inserted into thehollowbody and covered up by means of the closure hereinbeforedescribed, the sin tire doll will then be inclosed as within a bag inthe manner exemplified in Fig. III.

In order to facilitate the forming of the bag aforesaid, the lining 39,or in the absence thereof the skirt 38, is. provided with cases 4.1and42,'at the front and back respectively, through which are. threadeddraw-strings 43 and 44:- Both the skirt and the lining will beconsidered as an outer garment in this connection. The ends of the ii t).iOO

strings may be tied to one another to form bow-knots 45, 46, at theopposite sides of this outer garment, when depending from the doll, asshown in Fig. I. These bowknots need not be undone, but by pulling thesame outward, after inversion of the dress over the dolls head, aspreviously set forth, they will serve to gather it in and close fullythe bag formed thereby, as Fig. III indicates. Thus is constituted aconvenient and neat-looking handbag, well adapted to cover up a doll orother article which one may prefer to carry about in concealment inorder to avoid the gaze of the curious, but yet is instantly available,by transmutation, for use and enjoyment at the appointed time and place.

In its broader aspects, the invention herein disclosed is not limited tothe precise features of construction and arrangement of parts shown anddescribed, nor to any particular structural make-up or design by whichit can be reduced to practice,'as numerous changes may be made in thedetails without departing from the principles of the invention, or evensacrificing any of its chief advantages.

Having now described my invention, what I I claim as novel therein, anddesire particularly to protect by Letters Patent of the United States,is

'1. A convertible carrier of the class described comprising a figurehaving a hollowed body, flexibly suspended limbs adapted for insertiontherein, and garment parts arranged to inclose said body together withits said limbs when drawn thereover substantially counterwise.

2. A convertible carrier of the class described comprising a figurehollow at the lower end thereof, nether limbs pertaining to said figure,flexible connections intermediate the former and the latter enabling thebody of the figure to receive said limbs through said end, and a garmentaround said connections foldable over the entered limbs so as to closesaid body.

8. A convertible carrier of the class deand out of the same, flexibletubular elements affording connections between said limbs and said openend of the body, and garment parts capable of being'drawn over the bodystop and lower end.

5. A convertible carrier of the class described comprising a figure openat the lower end thereof, nether limbs pertaining to the body of saidfigure positioned substantially centrally with respect to said open end,flexible tubular elements forming connections between said body. andsaid limbs, said elements being invertible to permit the limbs to bedrawn in and out of the body, and means admitting of being pulled overthe top ofthe latter and across the lower end thereof so as to enclosethe figure in its entirety.

- 6. A convertible carrier of the class described comprising a figurewith a body open at its lower end, nether limbs positioned centrally ofthe latter, tubular connections flexibly suspending said limbs from saidopen body so as to permit their insertion therein, and-a garmentfoldable' across said end of the body under the inserted limbs andconnections.

7. A convertible carrier of the class described comprising a figure openat one end, nether limbs retractible therein, an under garment foldabletransversely of said end beneath the retracted limbs, and a reversibleouter garment capable of being folded from said under garment upwardlyover theother end of said figure.

HOWARD DYKMAN.

